Gaiting attachment for sulkies or other vehicles.



No. 874,617. EATENTED EE0. 24, 1907. W. L. OGDEN.

GETTING ATTACHMENT EOE sUEKIEs 0E OTEEE VEHICLES.

APLIGATION FILED APB.13, 1907.

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GAITING ATTACHMENT FOR SULKIES OR OTHER VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. Q4, 1907.

Application filed April 13, 1907l Serial No. 367,925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM L. OGDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlingame, in the county of Osage and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gaiting Attachments, of which the following' is a specification.

The invention relates to gaiting attachments for sulkies and other vehicles, especially in the training of horses, and more especially inthe training and gaiting of colts.

The object of the invention is to improve generally upon gaiting attachments, and to provide a gaiting attachment by the use and adjustment of which the colt can be prevented from striking or interfering with his feet, that is, from striking his front foot with his hind foot. This has heretofore been remedied in the shoeing; and 1 am aware of a gaiting pole having been used.

My invention consists of two such poles, one on each side of the horse, with a crossbar to which the rear ends of the poles are adjustably secured, the cross-bar itself being adjustably secured to the cross-bar, or swingle-tree, of the vehicle, or to any other suitable part of the vehicle.

1t further consists of the improvements and combinations hereinafter pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents the shafts and forward portion of a vehicle or the upper part of a sulky, with my improvement attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of one of the side poles. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the slots. Fig. 4 is a view of the cross-bar.

Similar reference numerals indicate like or corresponding parts in the several views.

5, 5 represent a pair of shafts of a sulky or other vehicle, and 6 may represent the sulky seat.

7 is the cross-bar of the shafts, and 8 is the swingle-tree pivoted thereon in the usual manner.

9 is the cross-bar of my attachment, and 10, 10 are the side poles, the forward ends of which may be secured to the shafts, as by the straps 11, 11, and the rear ends of which are secured to the attachment crossbar 9, as by the straps 12, 12. The crossbar 9 may be attached to the sulky by means of a stra 13. The several stra s may pass throug the slots 14, 14, and fbr each strap at each connecting point there l may be a series of slots so as to make the most readily to be attached or detached and also as they serve best for the several adjustments desired in my attachment.

Now, in the use of my attachment., I prefer to adjust the side poles on the cross-bar 9 just far enough apart to make room for the hind quarters of the colt between the side poles. 1f, now, it is found that the colt strikes when moving exactly straight ahead, the attachment may be shifted slightly to the right or left, by means ofthe strap 13, thus throwing the hind quarters of the colt to a position in which he does not strike. On the other hand it frequently occurs that a horse may travel slightly to one side and strike 3 and in such case the attachment may be used to set him in a straight line, or in any other position in which he will not interfere. The difficulty with the use of a single pole is that though the horse may be kept from one side, he is not prevented from going to the other side. With my device, however, I contemplate that the position of the horse in traveling shall be absolutely regulated and controlled, not allowing him to swerve in either direction from that position in which i it is found he travels best. It is also contemplated that with my attachment, the driver or trainer shall try the attachment in various positions until he shall get the exact position in which he finds the horse to work best. And 1 find that with a few lessons in that position, a horse will not only find cornfort in traveling, but will retain that position. As heretofore stated, it is customary to try to remedy striking in the shoeing g but I find that it can be remedied absolutely by the use of my gaiting attachment, on the new principles herein explained. 1 am also aware of the gaiting pole, heretofore used.

What 1 claim is:

1. A gaiting attachment comprising two side poles, the forward ends being attachable to the respective shafts and the ends being attached to the attachment cross-bar, a cross-` bar adjustably secured to the forward portion of the vehicle, so that said attachment may be used to throw the rear portion of the horse to one side or the other and to prevent him from swerving to either side of his intended position.

2. A gaiting attachment comprising two side poles and a cross-bar, the forward ends oi the poles being attachable to the vehicle shafts, and the rear ends being` attached to the ends of the cross-bar and being laterally adjustable thereon, the cross-bar beingl adjustably attachable to the forward portion of a vehicle.

A gaiting attachment comprising two side poles and a cross-pole, the `forward ends of the side poles being attacl'iable to the respective shafts of a vehiele, and their rear ends being laterally adjustably attachable to the cross-pole, and said cross-pole being ad justably attachable to a cross-bar oi the vehicle, so as to control the position of the horse in traveling and prevent him from swerving in either direction.

4. A gaiting attachn'lent for vvel'lieles having shafts, comprising two side poles and a cross-pole7 straps for attaching the forward ends ot the side poles to the shafts of the vehiele, straps for adjustably Afastening the side poles to the cross-pole7 and a strap for adaff/'4,617

justably securing the cross-pole of the at tachment to the cross-bar of the vehicle;

whereby the attachment is adjustable to poles to the shafts, straps for adjustably las- -Y tening the rear ends of 4the side poles to the ends of the cross-pole', and a means for securing the cross-pole to the cross-bar of the vehicle so that said cross-pole shall be laterally adjustable so that thereby the hind-quarters oli' the horse may be thrown to eitheil side and confined in any desired position within the shafts; substantially as set forth.

In testimony wl'iereof I have hereunto. set my hand in the presence ol witnesses.

VVILL'IAM li. OGDEN lVitnesses:

WYA'r'r Ronsn, J. P. SLAUenrnn. 

